The terrible incident happened in Thepkrasattri, Thaland District, at Phuket Province. The 43-year-old victim is still at the hospital, painfully recovering from burns on one of her arms and shoulders, as well as on her back. The attack occurred at the nursery school where she works as a cleaner.

“Somkuan turned up on a motorbike. He shouted for her before he went inside the building. He poured fuel on her from a glass bottle and lit her on fire,” police authorities recounted, adding that “there were five teachers inside the room, but they were too frightened of Mr Somkuan to restrain him.”

All the children were already on their way home, thankfully. The couple apparently had a history of domestic abuse.

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